Phrygia
Sign in to saveIn classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , Phrygía) was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.
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Phrygia was an ancient kingdom located in what is now central Turkey during classical times, centered around the Sangarios River. It matters as an important part of ancient Anatolian history and civilization in that region.
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- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Phrygia
- Country.common_name
- Phrygia
- Country.era
- Iron Age
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
- Country.year_start
- 1200 BC
- Country.year_end
- 675 BC
- Country.life_span
- 1200–675 BC
- Country.event_start
- Bronze Age Collapse
- Country.event_end
- Fall to the Cimmerians
- Country.p1
- Bryges
- Country.p2
- Mushki
- Country.p3
- Hittites
- Country.s1
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29 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Origins
- Legendary ancient migrations
- Phrygian language
- Recent migration hypotheses
- Relation to their Hittite predecessors
- Relation to Armenians
- History
- Peak and destruction of the Phrygian kingdom
- As a Lydian province
- As Persian province(s)
- Under Alexander and his successors
- Celts and Attalids
- Under Rome and Byzantium
- Culture
- Religion
- Matar Kubeleya
- Other deities
- Music
- Phrygian cap
- Mythic past
- Jews of Phrygia
- Christian period
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
In classical antiquity, Phrygia ( ; , Phrygía) was a kingdom in the west-central part of Anatolia, in what is now Asian Turkey, centered on the Sangarios River.
Stories of the heroic age of Greek mythology tell of several legendary Phrygian kings: Gordias, whose Gordian Knot would later be cut by Alexander the Great Midas, who turned whatever he touched to gold Mygdon, who warred with the Amazons
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Former kingdomsHistorical regions of AnatoliaHistory of Afyonkarahisar ProvinceHistory of Ankara ProvinceHistory of Eskişehir ProvincePauline churchesPhrygiaStates and territories disestablished in the 7th century BCStates and territories established in the 12th century BCUse Oxford spelling from November 2022